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《爱的转角遇见谁》

黄子发

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2012年6月14日　周四　晴转阴　　收拾行李准备动身，突然想起川藏线上人烟稀少，我可以买一个小的酒精炉在野外煮点方便面吃，于是便又去雅安的户外店、华兴街（小商品一条街）、菜市场问了一遍，只有那种火锅的大炉子。带那么大一个炉子，想想就害怕……。我当时还不知道有那种户外专用的小气炉，好像户外店的人也提醒过，但我就认定了小的酒精炉，认为酒精路上还可以消毒啥的，没把小气炉当回事。　　这一折腾，等背着包开始前行，过大廊桥后已经是中午了。买了2元钱的小包子坐在路边的荫凉处休息，忍不住就又吃了起来。其实早餐吃得挺晚的，这才动身，包子是想留着备用的，不其一下子就吃完了。发现自己真是一个吃货，这以后无人区怎么办？　　正吃着，一个帅哥走过来，问我是不是徒步。他说他前不久刚骑车去拉萨，用了二十多天。说实话，入藏我心里挺没谱的，于是赶紧向他请教入藏知识，要注意一些什么。现在也记不清他当时告诉我一些什么了，反正还是挺谢谢他的。如果没记错的话，小伙应该是姓贾。出雅安城不远就是茶马古道站，路边有一些雕塑，远远的还看到有几个背包族在互相拍照并留下联系方式。当时心里超兴奋，以为找到了同伴。谁知他们有的是去雅安，有的尽管是去西藏，但是徒搭，前行不出一公里就搭车走了。　　下午三点左右，坐路边休息，准备给雅安的姜叔发个短信或打个电话，告诉他我已动身离开雅安。一看上面有他两个未接电话。路上车多声杂，竟然没有听到。急忙打过去，关机。估计是午休还没起来。前行一个半小时，路边有一处山泉水，比较清冽，有不少人在那里接水喝。我也接了一点水，还洗了一个头。姜叔打来电话，告诉我西安的一个包裹来了。当时订货时向老兵说明了情况，老兵说立马给我发货。12号下的单，14号就到了，真的快，谢谢老兵！和姜叔商量，说等重庆的另一个包裹来了后我再一起去拿。谢谢姜叔！　　下午快六点了到飞仙关镇。本想在这里搭帐篷休息的，但飞仙关镇太小，我边走边找搭帐篷的地方，一不小心就走过了。　　晚上八点多，天已经全黑了，走到不知道一个叫什么村的地方，看到有一家叫什么香的饭店。今天还是早晨吃了几碗米饭，加上中午2元钱的小包子，走到现在，肚子挺饿的，于是决定先去吃饭，再找地方搭帐篷。老板人很好，饭菜都足，还让我在他们屋前的操坪搭帐篷。一方面是担心晚上下雨，另一方面是操坪就在公路边上，怕哪个司机喝多了眼花没控制好方向盘，所以谢谢了他们的好意，继续向前寻找地方。　　前行一个多小时，发现一个在整修的加油站，看情况是停止运营好长时间了，应该是安全的，于是进去搭帐篷过夜。　　可惜的是，SD卡数据恢复后，这里有好些照片都没找到，包括饭店老板家的。小贾驴友离二郎山还有69公里茶马古道雕塑这不知叫什么桥，感觉还挺有气势的宿营地2012年6月15日周五阴转雨一大早就被守加油站的附近农民叫醒，好在他问明情况后并没有说什么。收拾行李朝前走，才发现昨晚不急不慢，已经走到了始阳镇。在镇上一个小饭店，花10元钱吃了一个快餐。很多人围着我问这问那，我也慢慢跟他们聊。在饭店吃饭的一个老太太，提着茶壶过来给我倒水。我赶紧说自己来，她坚持要给我倒，说她75岁了，觉得我说的一些是对的，有道理。我不好再坚持，只好站起来以示感谢。原以为过了雅安走上川藏线后大卡车会少点（到雅安之前我不是走的318国道），谁知大卡车货车仍是超多，加上道路不宽，就显得很拥挤。车一过就是一团灰，很是不爽。而且卡车声音超大，姜叔打来电话我又没有听到。走到天全，已经下起了大雨。我想把包放在318路边一个加油站，自己回雅安拿包裹，但加油站的人不同意，怕不安全。想想也有道理，一旦出事，影响非同小可。于是过桥到天全中学，把包寄放在门卫保安处，坐车到雅安西门车站。为了尽快赶回天全，明知摩的宰客，也只得由着他了。（由雅安西门车站到天全的最后一班车为下午5：30，而我到雅安时已经下午4：30了。）姜叔住街后一栋平房里，里面倒也清净。他老婆脑痿缩，已不具备行为能力，全由姜叔照顾。我买了一些香蕉苹果，但姜叔无论如何也不要，推了几次，硬是让我带走，说不要再坚持了，会影响他老婆的休息。西安老兵寄来的是压缩饼干之类的，包裹不大，但重量不轻；重庆寄来的是一些袋装肉干，包裹很大，但并不怎么重。拿着两个包裹，我也不知该怎么办。我的包已经超重，现在又多了至少十斤重的东西，我背着能走多远？而且，我的包质量不好，现在背着包动作稍微大一点，比如下一个稍大一点的台阶，就能听到线绷断的声音。我不知道哪里的线绷了，外面看不到。如果再把这些东西放进去，不知包还能不能承受。回到天全，把水果请天全中学的保安吃了，然后丢掉了一些东西，包括一瓶洗发水。身上穿的裤子补一下还能穿，但为了减轻重量，也只得扔掉，换了包里装的一条新裤子。遗憾的是这一段很多照片都没有恢复，比如天全中学外景，比如我搭帐篷的那栋废弃楼房等。在318国道靠近桥边的路下面，在公路上看以为是一栋平房，其实是一栋三层的楼房，已经废弃。今天开销：早餐10元+馒头1.5元+来回车费38元+水果16元+晚餐面条6元在始阳镇遇到的一个入藏的藏族司机。人很热情，普通话不很好，他说他经常开车入藏，愿意搭载我一程。但向他请教入藏要注意啥，他说他也不知道。挺不好理解的。这个留言挺有意思的。路上不管是徒步还是骑行，都很辛苦，难怪要叫驴友：）沿路看到的小瀑布宿营地。每次只能贴三张照片，浏览起来速度可能快点，但更新贴子就麻烦了2012年6月16日周六阴转雨尽管扔掉了一些动东西，但包仍是沉了不少，背在身上就立马感觉得到。以前是每走一公里左右休息，现在是走500米甚至不到500米就要休息。好在路边有护栏，尽管不能坐，但能搁包。今天的路况一般，货车卡车之类的还是多。这一段318国道是沿着河修的，河水并不深，但河里怪石不少，因此水的响声较大。河水一段清澈一段浑浊，到脚基坪附件就变成了黑水河。周边山峦起伏，山上升起的水蒸气很多，形成迷雾，又上升为云，然后再降雨。因此一路时有小雨，路面一段干一段湿。到下午5点多多，雨就开始下过不停。因为东西增多，早晨未能把包打好打紧，外挂增多，睡袋也没能固牢，走到后面全松了。买包时送的防雨罩太小，我80L的包，估计这个防雨罩也就50L的吧，只能罩住登山包中间外挂部分，而且防雨效果也不好，到晚上一看，里面全湿了。绑在登山包底部的防潮垫里面也灌进了不少水，这雨还真是烦人啊。我不喜欢雨披，一方面是雨披的防雨效果并不好，雨下得大的话或者时间久了，里面照样湿透；另一方面是太闷，披着雨披，即使不下雨也会全身汗湿。这一下雨，我就打伞，只是走得累些。晚上9点多到紫石，天已全黑。路边一些平房，偶有楼层，没有路灯。我甚至怀疑这只是沿途的一个村庄。但前面除了来往车辆的车灯，看不到因城镇灯光而照亮的天空。路边一家小店还开着门，一打听，确认已到紫石镇。饭店都已关门，就在这里买了一包方便面。店老板家里还剩半碗米饭，我又多出了一元钱，买了她家这半碗米饭，泡在一起吃了。小店往回走几十米的路边有一个车棚，不大，里面停了一辆摩托。我把摩托移动了一下，腾出一块能搭帐篷的干地，搭帐篷休息。后来才知道，这个车棚是乡政府的。一直没去麻烦过政府部门，不期今晚住到了乡政府的车棚里。今天开销：早餐8元+晚餐6元早晨把这些东西扔了看到禁门关桥，脑子里竟然想到了紫禁城，有些莫名其妙山上迷雾，导致阴雨多多这个照片走川藏线的都很熟悉一群高中毕业生，高考完后骑行煅练宿营地2012年6月17日周日雨转阴间多云不知是海拔上升了，昼夜温差大的缘故，还是昨晚确实降温了，撤尿时热气腾腾的，呵气时都能看到热气。昨天走得有点累，钻进帐篷时已过凌晨，日记都来不及写，立马就睡着了。不知什么时候被冻醒，赶紧把睡袋盖上。睡袋被淋湿了，正好用体温烘干。事实上，早晨醒来时，睡袋已经干得差不多了。把昨天的日记补写完，然后去吃早饭。山野农家苑条件相对不错，但饭菜不便宜，炒菜最少不低于18元，面是10元一碗。我知道越往西价格会越贵，但现在应该还可以找到便宜的。骑游驿站是一个农家，馒头比鸭蛋大点，一元钱一个，问是只剩两个了，吃不饱。好在老板人还好，推荐我去紫石家园、青年旅社等地。在紫石家园，把仅剩的三个相对较大的馒头买了备用，又请老板炒了一个白菜，老板到外面借了一碗米饭给我炒热。一碗米饭肯定是不够的，里面还有稀饭，老板说不要钱，便又喝了一碗稀饭。最后结帐，老板要了15元。当时说炒白菜8元，馒头一元一个的，但看在老板人还和气，至少表面给人温暖的感觉，我也没有多讲一句。现在开始每天遇到的骑行川藏线的人越来越多，有高考完后骑车玩的，有利用大学假期骑行西藏的，还有辞职入藏的。以前都是一个人背着包在路上走，很多人看了还觉得很奇怪；现在尽管仍是一个人在走，但至少看到这么多驴友，而且不再是怪异的眼光来看待我的行走，挺开心的。晚上7点多到水獭坪。在过水獭坪桥后的一家私人饭店吃饭，饭菜不便宜，青椒炒肉20元一份。在湖南贵州时我给自己定的一餐不超过10元，到四川后给自己定的不超过15元。我得控制自己，让自己坚持下来，否则一遇上困难就会打退堂鼓。因此，我请老板娘份量炒少点，来个15元的。我和老板娘闲聊，说这里的饭菜比北京还要贵，老板娘说我吹牛，说北京一碗面都要20元，随便一份菜都要好几十元。我不知道她是在吹牛还是在吓唬人，或者是听其他游客说的，误导了她。北京的星级饭店，甚至好点的饭店确实不便宜，但更多的普通小饭店价格很便宜。北京人多，不都是百万亿万富翁，也有来自全国各地不同层次的打工人群，普通饭店十元一份的盖浇饭很不错了。我在北京工作了十年，刚从北京出来徒步，对这些还是熟悉的。饭后询问附近哪里有搭帐篷的地方。也许是我花钱不大方，显得小家子气，或者是担心我住在她们家，反正老板娘很不耐烦，说没有，也不知道。我笑了笑，自己出来找。走了几个月了，只要不下雨，随便一块稍平整的地就可以搭帐篷。但这一段时间雨水多，最好还是找一个雨淋不到的地方。问了附近的老百姓，他们都要钱，哪怕是在他们的屋檐下搭帐篷都要钱。听老百姓说前面有一个坝上，可以搭帐篷，于是便往前找。一个好心地司机载我往前，说可以把我直接载到康定。我忙请他停了车，说我只是往前找坝上搭帐篷，我的背包行李都还在后面。下车后往回走了一段，终于找到了他们口中的坝上，但那里是一个饭店，说了一阵，他们才同意我在那里搭帐篷。今天开销：早餐15元+晚餐15元开始爬坡了，留言蛋痛的哥越来越多了：）对面应该是庙，只是不知高僧们是否还走过此桥这桥走上去有点晃老虎嘴隧洞快到水獭坪的路况今天遇到的驴友们今天遇到好几批骑行的驴友宿营地2012年6月18日周一阴转雨昨天晚上醒来两次，不知什么原因，可能是这几晚天天晚上醒来了，养成习惯了吧。晚上气温有点低，好在睡袋还厚实，挺暖和的。饭店老板和老板的儿子都挺好说话，早晨还和我随意聊天，但老板娘对我似乎很有意见，好像我欠她多少钱一样，板着面孔。我说要吃面，她说你走吧，一碗面能有几个钱。看来她以为我是因为晚上在她那里搭帐篷为示感谢才吃面的。我告诉她我必须吃点早餐，否则没力气走路。她便冷着脸给我下了碗面，但面的份量还是挺足的。也许她就这性格吧，我说谢谢她也不理不睬，拿着锄头下地干活去了。只是在最后我走时向她打招呼说谢谢时，远处锄地的她抬头看着我，似乎有点笑意。今天的路况还不错，但爬坡路段居多。负重一增加，爬坡就更累，下午一点多才到新沟，在第一家饭店吃饭休息。这家饭店满屋的墙壁上都写满了驴友们的留言，只是菜不便宜，青椒炒肉要18元一份。我问能不能要一个15元的份量少点的，老板娘就建议我吃鸡汤饭，另送一小碟泡菜。鸡汤不错，挺鲜的。难怪墙上有人留言：“听说这里泡菜不错，特意来吃泡菜。”说实话，这家的泡菜确实不错，或许是因为鸡汤太单，泡菜更起味吧。吃了饭休息一阵，给水杯加满水，然后背包前行，看到前面路边一个背着登山包的小伙，赶紧与他打招呼。还真是一个徒步的驴友，陕西榆林人，高辉。他还有几个朋友，要7月中旬动身，他准备在新沟或康定一家饭店当义工，同时等他的朋友们。我建议同行一段，小伙挺爽快的，很快就同行了。他的包轻，加上他等于刚开始走，所以走得轻快。我跟着他的节奏走的话很累，腿容易受伤。估计跟不上他的节奏，同行时间不会太久。下午5点不到，天又下起了雨。我们在路边一个村民家里躲雨。房东父子都挺好，说天晚了，不用前行，他们家有床，不收钱的。先前的雨不小，路面全湿了，而他们又说前面没有房子了，既然如此，天也不早了，就在此休息一晚，养足精神，明天爬二郎山。这家人真的不错，晚上还邀我们吃饭，我们也把我们带的东西拿出来分享，我的牛肉干，小高的饼子等。谢谢，吴国君！今天开销：早餐面条6元+中餐14元+桃子3元新沟饭店的照片只恢复了这一张，不知是不是这一家这帅哥好像叫飞鸟，骑着死飞青进川出，够牛的了。边上是高辉著名的波尔川藏线海拔图。我之前不知道还有攻略之类的，见到高辉准备的这张海拔图，赶紧拍了一张高辉与吴先生一家合影2012年6月19日周二晴转阴　　早晨起来，小高发现他的手机充电器忘在天全县的旅馆里，便坐车回去取充电器去了。辞谢了吴先生一家后，我一个人背着包不急不慢地朝前走。晚上山里的温度有点低，早晨太阳出来后，不少小动物爬到公路上晒太阳。我经过时，常常惊吓起一些四脚蛇（像蜥蜴）从路边匆匆爬到草丛里。还有一些山蛇过份沉醉于太阳的温暖，被来往的大车压成了肉泥。　　二郎山隧道海拔2170米，听说从二郎山脚下到隧道口有十公里的盘山道。这个我倒是不怕，十公里的盘山道我已经走过几次了，像贵州印江的德旺，那里就是典型的盘山路，在一座山的同一边，一盘就是十公里。当时爬山并不觉得累，可能是气温不高，海拔起点也没这么高吧，但今天爬起来感觉有点累。走走停停，大约下午三点左右才到隧道口。小高直接搭便车先我十多分钟到达了隧道口。我说他二郎山一步都没走，是个遗憾，他说以后爬山的路还多着。小高的手机没充电，无法拍照，我的相机也没什么电了，我不记得是昨晚吴先生家没电还是自己忘了给相机电池允电了。小高说想在二郎山隧道口前照张相，于是我便一直没开怎么开相机，留着电，在隧道口给他照了几张。　　二郎山隧道口全长4176米，里面有鼓风机吹风，但路面、墙体上都有很多灰尘，车来车往的，全是灰。用毛巾捂着嘴鼻走出隧道，发现口里鼻子里仍是有不少灰尘。我带的红旗也沾满了灰尘。赶紧找地方洗干净，同时挥舞着红旗，这样能早点干。小高见了很兴奋，提出把红旗插他包上，让他背着走一阵。呵呵，只是他的包小了点，一搁下来红旗就垂到地面弄脏了。因此，他背了一阵后就仍插到我的包上。　　下午7点左右走到凉风顶公路养护站。前面到甘露寺还有十来公里，山上已经升起了浓雾，看着好像要下雨的样子，于是便进养护站寻找宿营地。养护站的人不错，有一个职工今天退休搬走，正好有一个空房，领导们便让我们住了进去。　　把包搁进宿舍后，下楼和楼下的工人师傅、领导们聊了阵天，然后回去睡觉。　　今天一天没有吃饭，只是吃了前天买的馒头和昨天的买的桃子。晚上吃了一些压缩饼干。小高说吃压缩饼干不能喝水，否则会肚子胀得痛。我说没这么回，我经常是这么吃的。　　今天开销：暂无小高本人小高回望二郎山隧道出口今晚投宿在凉风顶养护站，谢谢养护站里师傅们2012年6月20日周三阴转雨今天基本是下坡路，走起来比较爽。早晨动身之前，先吃了一小块干粮。凉风顶附近没有饭店，离下一个有饭店的地方有十来公里。希望这一小块压缩饼干能暂时起点作用。小高的包相对较轻，走得较快。我也相应地提高了一些速度，但仍基本控制着自己的速度和节奏，确保腿不会受伤。刚开始徒步时，不知道自己能走多快，只是一个劲地往前走，结果脚起了几个泡。后来慢慢地知道自己的体能，走多快合适。因此，徒步的话，测出自己的行走速度后，尽量不要超过这个速度，那样腿脚容易受伤。快中午12点时走到甘谷地，路边有一个类似大排当的饭店。明显店老板看我们是外地人，喊出了不同的价。我笑着说你们就是欺负外地人吧。他们当然不承认。经过一番讨价还价，最后一份蒸菜15元，加饭1元，每人16元。碗很小，一次装的饭不多。我去添了5次饭后，仍感觉没饱，但也不太好意思再去添了，加上菜的分量不多，也就算了。小高说他不太习惯吃米饭，中午没吃饱。呵呵，这小伙，出门在外，还没有学会去照顾自己。饭后不久就下起了雨，但雨并不大。我的习惯是继续前行。小高的鞋不防雨，又是新穿上没多久的，有点不太想前行。最后是边走边休息，下午6点之前赶到了泸定城。我们把包搁在大渡河边的一个亭子里，然后去看泸定桥。之前打听到泸定桥对外地人收十元门票，但下午7点之后便下班了。到泸定桥门口照了两张照片后，我便去超市买充电器去了（现在记起来了，我的充电器坏了，在吴先生家没能充上电）。小高认为不远千里赶来，不能因为这10元钱而放弃。于是他便先进去了。等我从超市出来，门卫看了一阵便让我进去了。泸定桥上铁索依旧，只是木板换成了全新的。这里说一下我对收门票的态度。我觉得铁索桥已有几百年的历史，又有特殊的历史教育意义，当地政府对此桥的修建没有任何功劳，保养也耗不了几个钱，收门票实在是败笔。桥上遇到一个藏族小伙，与家人在合影。我便向他们请教一些入藏的基本知识和日常用语。他把电话留给了我，说以后有事可以直接打他电话。尽管后来没有遇到什么麻烦事去打他的电话，但仍是非常感觉藏族小伙泽多，谢谢！从泸定桥出来，到城里吃了饭，回到河边的亭子里。有一个小伙坐在那里，说我们的胆儿真大，包就搁这里不管了，好几个小时。我的包有些重量，一般的人不会背着走。因此从来都是把包搁路边，然后去找适合搭帐篷的地方，也从来没有出过事。不过还是多谢这位小伙的提醒。他说是到泸定出差，但钱包在车上丢了。于是我们便把两个帐篷都搭好，我和小高共一个帐篷，他睡另一个帐篷。怕他晚上冷，我把我的抓绒内胆睡袋和冲锋衣给他盖了。出门在外，需要互相关照互相帮助，特别是当有人遇到困难的时候，你伸出一个手，就能给对方一份温暖。最后补充一点：大渡河的水流速度很快，水流量大，汹涌湍急，响声很大。记得小时候课文里这么讲过，果真不假。今天开销：中餐16元+晚餐15元+充电器25元在山上看大渡河，大渡河似乎很平静红色名城泸定城泸定桥藏族小伙泽多宿营地2012年6月21日周四雨转阴　　早晨起来，外面仍下着雨。那个小伙还没醒来，我们没有叫他，也没有收拾帐篷，去市里吃了早餐。小高去网吧把我相机上有关他的照片传到他的空间里，我也乘机给电池充了一下电。回去时给那个小伙带了4个肉包子，但他只吃了2个。　　收拾好帐篷行李，坐在亭子里等雨小点，然后出发。看到路上两男两女4个年轻人背包走过，于是赶上去打招呼，原来也是去拉萨的。呵呵，正好同路。他们4人中一人是刚高考完的一个小女孩，另三个是辞职入藏体验生活，其中一个也是从北京辞职过来的，叫小霍，想写小说，进藏找灵感。　　走了一段，发现我完全跟不上他们的节奏，他们的行李不多，走得快。我只得告诉他们，请他们按照他们的节奏走，小高的速度和他们差不多，也让小高和他们一起走了。雨越下越大，走走停停的，他们也没有和我拉开多大的距离，其中一个女孩脚程慢点，整个队伍的速度也慢了下来。到沙湾后，他们拦到了一辆车，两个女孩和小叶搭车走了，小高和小霍把他们的包也放车上搭走了，然后陪我走。他们建议我也把包搁车上，我希望自己能坚持下去，因此还是背着包往前走。走了一段，小高他们要帮我背包，一方面他们新走，脚其实也痛不舒服；另一方面我的包有点沉，质量也不太好，我背着动作稍大一点就能听到线绷的声音，我怕他们背着乱动，把我的包搞坏了。于是只让小高背着走了几十米，给他拍了几张照。　　快天黑的时候，我让小高和小霍往前赶，找到搭帐篷的地方，这样我到了之后就不用再去找地方了。后来天全黑了，我还在不急不慢地走着。他们打了几次电话，确认我到了哪里，最后小霍和另一个女孩带着手电来接我，很是感动。谢谢你们，帅哥美女们！　　晚上在瓦斯沟的一个农产品展厅前的阶基上搭帐篷休息。一共6个人，4个帐篷。两个女孩共一个帐篷，小高和小叶共一个帐篷，我和小霍各一个。他们的装备不全，防潮垫也没带。考虑到地面太凉，对女孩身体不好，我和小高把各自的防潮垫给了两个孩子用了。搭好帐篷后，我们拿出各自备的东西，一起小聚了一下，聊了会，然后就钻进帐篷休息。　　今天还有一件事比较有意思，就是出泸定隧道前行几公里，有一个新启用的隧道。走出这个隧道不远，后面一个警察追了上来，问我情况，然后和我合影，并建议我入藏要小心野狗，说西藏那边野狗多，而且很凶，最好备点东西防身。后来发现，川藏路上野狗确实多，也有凶的，不过对我没造成威胁。但后来我也确实遵照王警官的建议，备了一些防身的东西。今天开销：早餐豆花饭6元站在大渡河边上，大渡河声势吓人，但照片怎么也拍不出那种效果。今天又拍了几张，但技术不行，加上天气不好，拍出的大渡河仍显得很平静山湾里的泸定城山腰上飘着一层层的云雾带，对于我这个在平原地区长大的人来讲，感觉真的很不错，只可惜下着雨([]

《爹地别碰我妈咪》

李淑惠

安娜普尔纳保护区，是尼泊尔最负盛名的自然景区，也是世界上最适合徒步旅行的地方之一。其中安娜普尔纳大环线（Annapurna Circuit TREKking，简称ACT）是世界十大徒步线路之首，沿途可以看到玛纳斯鲁、道拉吉里和安娜普尔纳三座8000米级的山峰，也是目前世界上成熟徒步线路中海拔落差最大的一条。一路上从茂盛的丛林，目不暇接的水瀑到高山草甸，再到寸草不生的垭口，尤其是在冬季，被一片冰雪世界覆盖，那纯净无瑕的美丽，无时无刻不萦绕在思忆中。一路上遇到的一个个鲜活的脸孔，时常浮现在眼前，这场孤独却又似狂欢的旅行让我每每忆起时，总是心底阵阵温暖，嘴角也不经意泛出一丝笑容。我的旅行，多半是没有计划的，走到一处，就安留一处，这大概就是流浪吧，而行山，也是我流浪的一种方式，一种最纯粹的方式。完成珠峰南坡（我们常称为EBC）的徒步后，在加德满都浑噩了两天，加都的喧嚣和琳琅满目的商品对我没有丝毫诱惑力，EBC之行像是一场前戏，挑拨着我更为强烈的欲望，在这个号称“徒步者天堂”的国度，没有什么比远足徒步更容易带来快感了。EBC之行，结识了很多朋友，鸡哥，小熊，小白，大嘴，还有下山后在龙游认识的大旻和大胖妞，下山那天是农历元宵节，我们一帮中国人聚在一起，大家都喝得酩酊大醉，发生了不少闹剧，可我始终相信，每个人都是可爱的。2012年春节EBC我们的队伍，认识了这么多可爱的朋友，是一辈子宝贵的财富。一个月的证，只用了一半，我告诉大家，我要用剩下的时间去安娜看一看，于是和他们一个个道别，自行一人开始了这场孤单而又难忘的旅行。从博卡拉出发，第一晚因为西藏的归属问和西班牙人托尼产生争执，他说他打算枪杀我；在Deurali遇到老狼、小雪一行人，于是结伴同行，在MBC和小雪过了一个勉强还算浪漫的情人节，后来和大家在himalaya分手，继续独自上路；为了传说中的“天体温泉”，从Ghorepani几乎爬行到了Tatopani；抵达Muktinath的时候才发现牛逼大了——我把这条线路走反了，而面临的问是要从Muktinath爬升1800米翻越陀龙垭口，一路上都没有休息点，更要命的是，喜马拉雅山区刚刚送走一场巨大暴风雪，所有人都觉得我会死在路上的时候，Hotel Bob Marley的老板Angela建议我可以试试；在Mangna遇到了非常善良的法国大姐Val，她一年要从法国飞尼泊尔三次，只是来安娜帮她开客栈的当地朋友干活；路上又遇到了之前在ABC相遇的长的很像奥巴马的背夫；快下山的时候遇到在迪拜打工，送儿子去上学的Sandas，他和他哥哥在Besi很热情的招待我。这篇游记只是一个故事，算不上攻略，因为我很乌龙的把这条线路走反了！小邦在尼旅行时间较长，所以对尼泊尔的旅游比较熟悉，有需要的朋友可以咨询我，在此提供一个交流的平台，QQ群197672948此次的行程大概是这样的：2月10日加德满都——博卡拉2月11日博卡拉——Phedi——当普斯——Landruk2月12日 Landruk——Chhomrong——Sinuwa2月13日 Sinuwa——Bamboo——Dovan——Himalaya——Deurali2月14日 Deurali——MBC——ABC——MBC2月15日 MBC到Chhomrong2月16日 Chhomrong——Tadapani——Ghorepani2月17日 Ghorepani——Poon Hill——Tatopani2月18日 Tatopani——Ghasa——Jomsom——Muktinath2月19日 Muktinath2月20日 Muktinath——陀龙垭口——High camp2月21日 High camp——Manang2月22日 Manang——Lower Pisang——Chame2月23日 Chame——Tal——Chamche2月24日 Chamche——Syange——Besi Shahar2月25日 Besi Shahar——加德满都个人装备：背包：Gregory T60，强氧胸包鞋袜：mont-bell登山鞋，凉鞋，coolmax袜子一双，迪卡侬徒步袜三双衣服：迪卡侬防风软壳，CARAVA Plartec抓绒衣，Carava棉衣，迪卡侬航海系列抓绒裤，Carava冲锋裤，Carava速干排汗内衣帽子：始祖鸟毛线帽，Mammut速干帽手套：迪卡侬滑雪手套睡袋：天石格拉丹东登山杖：鲁宾逊T3E，BD Trail各一根照明：Black Diamond Spot头灯，备用电池n节眼镜：高特近视偏光眼镜，高特雪镜炉头：火枫便携炉头餐具水具：火枫202套锅，乐扣保鲜盒日常用品：洗漱包，迪卡侬收纳袋，SPF30+防晒霜，卫生纸，笔记本，字笔，瑞士军dao猎人，Carava雪套，迪卡侬防水手表药品：急救包，板蓝根，云南白药喷雾剂，医用纱布，新黄片（或其他消炎药）证件：身份证，护照，1寸照片4张通讯：Moto Defy三防手机，充电器相机：尼康D3100 在MBC看到的玛查普彻峰，也就是我们常说的鱼尾峰。纠正一下，这不是安娜普尔纳1峰，是Nilgiri South峰，海拔6839米。在Muktinath看到的世界第七高峰，道拉吉里峰，海拔8167米。玛纳斯鲁峰，世界第八高峰，海拔8153米。在Chhomrong看到的玛查普彻峰，实际上它是由两座山峰组成，看上去像鱼的尾鳍，所以我们通常称它为Fishtail，也就是鱼尾峰了。安娜普尔纳大本营（Annapurna Base Camp），也就是著名的ABC了。 Himalaya，和老狼、小雪一行人。清晨Poon Hill上望见安娜普尔纳南峰。通往陀龙垭口的路。通往陀龙垭口的雪路。https//player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XNTEwNjEzMDU2/v.swf横切雪坡。通往陀龙垭口的路。https//player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XNTEwNTk3NTA4/v.swf垭口的大风，在High camp遇到的美国人看了这个视频，说，“Sounds like hell.” 世界上最大的垭口——陀龙垭口，海拔5416米。https//player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMzU4MTk1NTI4/v.swf冒着极寒和风雪拍下的这个视频。因为是冬季，陀龙垭口到High Camp的Tea House（休息点）都关闭了。从垭口到High Camp的路上积雪非常厚，最深的地方几乎齐腰。安娜普尔纳二峰著名的“Monkey Face”，因为山体看上去像人脸而得名。安娜普尔娜 3峰。 Pisang附近一处很光洁的雪坡，还能清楚看到雪崩的痕迹。 2月10日加德满都到博卡拉加德满都到博卡拉的旅游大巴是早上7点钟出发，我当然不愿意牺牲我宝贵的睡眠，顺便又可以感受一下当地的风土人情，所以本地巴士对我来说也是一个很不错的选择，在加德满都吃完午饭，我赶上了下午2点去往博卡拉的班车，尼泊尔的大巴多数都是印度的TATA牌汽车，性能谈不上好，但是非常结实，我个人还是喜欢坐本地巴士，至少我基本上一路都是睡过去的，晃晃悠悠直到晚上10点才抵达博卡拉，然后打了个车到湖滨区（Lakeside），在唐人餐厅要了个炒饭，碰上一个拉客的当地人，于是以300卢比的价格住在了一家Guest House，条件比较简陋，忘了叫什么名字。要说博卡拉的住宿，穷游的话我个人推荐Hotel Khukuri，我曾经在旺季的时候和老板讲价到400卢比，床很大，还有大阳台。这是个寂寥的月圆之夜，这个号称尼泊尔第二大城市的博卡拉，看上去不过像一个小镇，我在房间翻看在加德满都买的安娜徒步地图，顿时傻眼了，发现地图上错综复杂有着大大小小十几条线路，这显然比EBC的情况要复杂的多，我瞬间不知该如何下手，于是问了一下客栈老板，他建议我从当普斯开始，我没有想太多，就采纳了他的建议。清晨的费瓦湖也是匆匆一瞥，博卡拉是号称“南亚小瑞士”的浪漫艳遇之所，在我看来，这远没有西藏的“一措再措”大气，倒是显得小资许多。我无心留恋这个地方，打听了一下去当普斯的车，要倒三趟巴士才到，我狠了下心，干脆叫了辆出租车。这个司机说600卢比可以把我拉到Phedi，相对半个小时的车程，这已经算很便宜了，他问我办好徒步手续没有，我原本是打算走捷径，但想想这事有伤国体，就干脆让他带我分别去两个办公室办理Permit（许可证）和Tims Card（全称为Trekkers Information Management System，意为徒步者信息管理系统），许可证2000卢比，Tims Card 20美金，折合成人民币差不多近300大元，瞬时感觉心在滴血。另外给了司机600卢比小费，因为他陪我办手续等了很久。 Phedi到当普斯有盘山公路，但是费用比较高，我选择自行走小径上山，这是一个比较陡的坡，有一段时间没有负重徒步了，所以没走多久就喘的不行。爬上了山坡，回头望去，全是一片梯田和河流的景貌，让人无法想法这里地处于喜马拉雅南麓。沿途当地人的小洋房，博卡拉是个相对比较富饶的地方。去往当普斯的路上，沿途尽是这样的路。这个大姐打完电话后，似乎若有所思。路上遇到一个奥地利老头和他的向导，我才知道大部分徒步客都选择从Nayapul作为徒步的起点，走当普斯的实在是少。找老头代劳给我拍了一张。这可真是徒步的好天气

《掌上明珠》

姜盈秀

目录：（本篇游记按地点记录，不是完全按照时间顺序）一、开篇二、阿布扎布（贫瘠的外星球）第2-3页三、雅典（卫城、奥林匹克遗址、卫兵换岗、女人街）第3-10页四、米克诺斯岛（裸体天堂海滩、山顶风车、小威尼斯）第15—16页第21-27页第35-44页五、圣托里尼岛第54页起六、专 1.冰激凌第11页 2.希腊的猫咪第13-14页 3.酒店（米岛和圣岛酒店详细介绍）第50-53页 4.小物 5.车 6.集体照 7.美食有些爱情只注定了缘分,因为上帝忘了给他们交错点。于是，爱情就只能成为永远的平行线。只是站在爱人的身边,默默的付出,静静的守候。不奢望走近,也不祈求拥有。即便知道根本不会有结果，却仍然执迷不悔，只留下回忆中美好的片段，当做永恒！这恐怕是世界上最高尚最美丽的爱情，也是“柏拉图的永恒”要向我们传递的精神。亚特兰提斯是一个传说中拥有高度文明的帝国，在很久之前突然沉入深海消失。二千多年前柏拉图在《对话录》中两度提及这一片已消失的地方，并把它描述成他心目中的理想国：亚特兰提斯沿岸地方多山，中央为一片广阔而肥沃的大平原，矿产量丰富，而且动物、食用植物及木材众多。岛的中心为王宫及供奉海神波塞东的神殿，镶满金、银、象牙等珍贵物品。主岛被一条宽六百尺的运河围绕，外围是一环宽一千七百尺的土地，再外面有一千七百尺的环形运河。在繁荣与富裕下居住于此的人民都很温和、贤明，不会沉于巨富，凡事以德为尊。　　亚特兰提斯的灭亡一直归咎于火山爆发、地震、洪水。但到现在也没有人能够证明或否定它的存在。也许它只是一个传说，也许，它只是柏拉图心中的一个理想，就像柏拉图的爱情一样，美好、纯净、但却如此难以企及。希腊、雅典、爱琴海，光是提到这几个词，我们就已经陶醉了。希腊是神圣的，动人传说、古老文化、加诸种种幻想，人们几乎是怀着朝圣般的心情踏上这片土地的。雅典，这个在公元前五世纪就已经高度繁荣的城市，如今虽然也是一副钢筋水泥、烟雾腾腾的现代都市面孔，但雅典城里的每一座山丘都为雅典绵延不绝的历史作证。西方文明的全部文化传统，都可以在雅典这座现代都市的那些山丘上，保存的伯利克里的雅典遗产中找到影踪。我们无不是生活在巴特农神庙的荫庇之下。沐浴着金色阳光的巴特农神庙如今依然残缺不全的屹立在阿克罗波利斯山上，纯白色的多立克式大理石石柱在卫城山风的吹抚下显得如此沧桑，它可以还原我们所有对希腊，对爱情的幻想。我们所有对爱琴海，对希腊的美好印象都始于圣托里尼。碧海蓝天，白墙蓝瓦，圆圆的极具东正教风格的屋顶，穿着黑色长袍，裹着黑色头巾，打扮得很宗教的当地居民，一片片依附在悬崖峭壁上的白房子，还有全希腊最美的，看日落的圣地伊亚。圣托里尼被誉为“自由的天堂”。提起爱琴海我们总是不由自主地会联想到爱情，以至提到希腊，让人想到的除了古迹文明之外就是浪漫和爱情，在这个爱琴海最美的小岛上发生爱情是再浪漫不过的。然而，人们都错了。爱琴海并不是为爱情而生，人们对爱琴海种种美好的爱情幻想只是一厢情愿。在远古时代，有位国王叫米诺斯，他统治着克里特岛。米诺斯的儿子在雅典的阿提刻被人阴谋杀害了。为了替儿子复仇，米诺斯向雅典的人民挑战。在神的惩罚下，雅典正充满灾荒和瘟疫。迫于米诺斯的挑战，雅典人向米诺斯王求和。米诺斯宫殿里关了一个半人半牛的怪物，米诺斯要求雅典人每隔九年送七对童男童女到克里特岛作为牺牲供奉。后来，有个叫希萨斯的青年下决心废除这个规矩，便与父亲商量要混迹于少男少女中，上克里特岛寻隙把怪物制服。这件事情凶多吉少。父亲约定，他会在海岸上时时眺望，如果有一条撑着白帆的小船出现海面，证明事情已经成功；如果顺潮飘来的小船上挂的是黑帆，那就说明儿子已经死亡。很顺利，儿子在米诺斯宫殿里制服了怪物，但走不出米诺斯迷宫一般的宫殿，而米诺斯的女儿却爱上了他，帮他出逃。谁料这对恋人漂流在大海的半途中，公主突然病亡，这位青年悲痛欲绝，忘了把船上的黑帆改挂白帆。天天站在崖石上担惊受怕的父亲一见黑帆，只知大事不好，立即跳海自尽。而这位父亲的名字就叫爱琴。爱琴海的名字就是这么一个英雄而又悲哀的故事。爱琴海是属于父亲的海，他是父亲的眼泪和血液，他，不属于爱情。然而人们又都对了，爱琴海的存在就是为了爱情。当公主的躯体僵硬在湛蓝的海面上，希萨斯的心也僵硬了。海神波塞东没有眷顾这对恋人，巴特农神庙也忽略了他们的依偎，他们的僵硬注定了父亲的结局。父亲叫爱琴只是巧合，这片海域淹没了父亲的期盼，但是见证了他们的爱情。所以爱琴海，接受了世人对爱情的朝圣。传说终究是传说，爱情会消失，但爱琴海还在；爱情会发生，但亚特兰提斯已沉没。爱情再虔诚，也敌不过生老病死，但爱琴海，亚特兰提斯会永远存在。就像爱情的回忆，只言片语，会时不时地浮现，年华老去，仍旧清晰，这样的情愫是溶入血液的。哪怕，你极力控制，但她还是会因为一串手链，一行文字冒出来，占据你所有的大脑空间。爱情，不是爱琴海，不是亚特兰提斯。因为，爱情存在短暂的生命里；爱情，就是爱琴海，就是亚特兰提斯。因为，爱情不随生命埋葬…… 在我看来，就算爱琴海与爱情无关，它仍然是一个值得跟爱的人一起去的地方。它是我的一个情结，我想能跟他牵着手徜徉在蓝白相间的童话世界里；我想在爱琴海边大喊“我爱你~”，然后扑进他的怀里；我想能跟他静静的坐在海边，看着夕阳西下直到满天繁星…… 虽然不如梦想中的圆满，但我总算是到了希腊，到了圣托里尼，到了爱琴海，有好友的陪伴，有感情的寄托，还遇到了一帮志同道合的团友以及一个帅帅的导游先上几张照片作为开篇吧~~ 裸体天堂海滩正式开始！第一站——阿布扎比从北京到希腊，中间到阿布扎比转机。接近9个小时的航程从北京到阿布扎比转机，国际航班飞机大，前面还有视频娱乐系统，长时间飞行倒也不寂寞。比较有意思的是娱乐系统里有一个功能是可以看到飞机前端和下面的实时视频。第一次开洋荤，觉得起飞的时候看起很霸道飞机餐！什么阿拉伯烤土豆，咋一吃还不错，连续在飞机上吃了几顿，最后简直觉得不能下咽仍然是飞机餐，番茄牛肉丸子，看到米饭很激动，但是真的很难吃，就是一个香料味儿到阿布扎比，是清晨，天蒙蒙亮，机场的清晨已经是一派繁忙阿布扎比机场内部，装修好梦幻啊~~ 机场免税店，东西太诱人了，想到刚出门，不能这么快就乱花钱，于是我忍啊忍对着一大堆巧克力最终还是没忍住，在回程的时候消费了两百多“阿拉伯联合酋长国迪拉姆” 机场风格真的很超现代这个东西最初觉得很乖很美味，当后来一天都吃这种东西的时候，简直想发誓以后都不吃汉堡包了！空中看阿布扎比原来是这样的，感觉就是地好平、路好直、房子好矮、土地好贫瘠~ 转机飞往雅典，又是5个小时，不过能看到海了，好激动，终于要奔向爱琴海了~~ 第二站——雅典俯瞰爱琴海，心情那叫一个激动啊~ 阿提哈德航空公司，还是全球十大航空公司之一([]

《凰图》

林淑卿

Northern Wilderness, Solo Traverse of the Great Chang TangMr YANG Liusong, a Chinese who just finished the first solo traverse over Chang Tang by cycling from west to east in recorded human history, shared his stunning Expedition with all of us through the forum 8264 https//bbs.8264.com/thread-512349-1-1.html . In order to share his legendary journey with those who cannot read Chinese, I translate his story to English here, which has been approved by Mr YANG Liusong. Hope you guys enjoy it.为了让杨同学的传奇能让全世界的驴友分享，俺决定把杨同学的帖子翻译成英文。为了避免麻烦，俺先来个免责声明：1。杨同学不认识俺，也没有授权俺，如果他说不要翻译了那俺就随时终止；2。俺没有商业目的，译版版权归杨同学，俺啥也不要，也不承担法律责任；3。没有杨同学授权，不敢擅自发在国外网站，发在原帖处，荣誉归8264；4。俺英语水平有限，欢迎指正，欢迎转贴。 Northern Wilderness, Solo Traverse of the Great Chang TangBy Yang LiusongIt has been three months since I traversed the unpopulated region in the Great Chang Tang. There are many like-minded asking me about it. I now present this thread to briefly tell everybody about my journey.The starting point of this traverse was from the highest peak of the western part of the Tibetan plateau, Jieshan Daban, and the day was April 20, 2010.I was heading eastward passing Bungdag Co, Yanghu Co, Rola Co, and Kangzhagri Mountain, which crossed over the desolate region from west to east. The journey continued northward to enter the unpopulated area of Altun Mountains, through Hoh Xil Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, Whale lake, ..., finally met some people by the Aqqikkol Hu and then arrived in Huatugou by vehicle three days later and that day was July 5. It had been 77 days in total. I had been all alone 74 days after leaving Jieshan Daban until arriving inAqqikkol Hu, which was about 1400km and about four months.[The Great Chang Tang] In Tibetan, "Chang Tang" means northern empty wilderness while narrowly, means unpopulated region in northern part of Tibet. However, it actually indiCATes all of the no man's land in northern. The great Chang Tang includes desolate places in Northern Tibet, Hoh Xil, Alun Mountains, and Kunlun Mountains, which are interconnected to form the unique and super empty wilderness in the world. Only because Hoh Xil is the most known name, most people just think this vast land is equivalent to Hoh Xil. In reality, Hoh Xil is only a small piece of the Great Chang Tang both administratively and geologically. The Great Chang Tang, the last land to chase your freedom and dream.The route that I traversed ForeplayI arrived in Tibet in the early March, a couple of troubles bothered me. The brand new plug got its positive and negative wrongly connected; the rivets of my rucksack eASIly got broken from now and again; and a multi-functional charger got damaged and so on. Riding my bike to Ngari for warming up of this journey, lost my rucksack but later got it back; lost my camera bag and got it back later again, and finally lost a big bicycle pannier in the street of Gyangze town under the eyes of police, including clothes, solar panel and so on.Without much choice, I returned to Lhasa to adjust all the stuff I would need in the wilderness. Then I begged some luck by going to Nyingchi to enjoy the blossoms of peach trees and to take a hot spring bath. I even had the privilege to enjoy time with ten girls in the hot spring. I felt my bad luck had all gone and then returned to Lhasa again to prepare going to Ngari. I did not expect that I was cheated on by some hustler and lost some money and delayed my schedule for a week. I had to find a car myself quickly to Nagri. However, I lost the tool for fast-parting my rear wheel on my way to Nagri, where was a remote area in Tibet and nowhere to buy the tool. Even if there was one in Lhasa it would take at least ten days for a special delivery service. I was lucky that my mate Duola asked a driver to bring the tool for me from Lhasa. I thought there should be no more nightmare like this but the nozzle of my brand new multi-fuel stove was broken. The next day I tried everywhere to weld them back together. The first three shops could not do the welding for copper. The fourth one said they could do it but could not guarantee a sUCCess. The engineer said it would be ten Chinese yuans if it was a success. I agreed. Just in seconds, my nozzle became crap in a flash of lightening. I was so upset. Again, Duola helped me by bringing her own MSR oil stove and Dingding's sleeping bag to Nagri. That was already April 16 and I did not have much time to waste. The following day I found a vehicle heading to Jieshan Daban.The sand storm over Yarlung Zangbo RiverA lonely peach tree blossoming in Yarlung Zangbo Grand CanyonNatural hot spring in wild, me singing and drinking (photo by a friend of mine) Day 1(April 20), 16km, Camping 5192mIt was a truck with a full load of iron wastes, arriving in Jieshan Daban at 6'o clock in the morning. It was still night and extremely cold and dark. Driver was not bothered to pop his head out of the driving cab. I climbed up on the top of the iron wastes, taking my bicycle down. In a hurry, I punched my old water bag. Fortunately I had another MSR water bag given by a friend of mine otherwise I would definitely fail without even starting my journey. For the first time for me to set up the brand new tent in strong, cold winds. It would be impossible to do so if the tent was not a whole piece. Extremely cold outside, about -15C, might be lower than that, I put my head into the sleeping bag but was nearly suffocated to death, honestly. The smell of Dingding's sleeping bag was, lol, so extraordinary. I woke up around 11 o'clock. There were still strong winds outside so that I had to use my bodyweight to keep the tent in place. At the time when I just started to cook and eat, four patrolling soldiers approached me. To their surprise someone, in this season, camped in Jieshan Daban. I was so nervous and afraid they were the people to block my journey because I was caught and deported from the desolate land last year. Luckily the four soldiers did not know my destination and were very kind to me. After they left, I immediately packed my stuff and pushed my bike into the depths of the unpopulated area just in case anything unexpected happened.The bike was very heavy due to the provisions and hard to control. There was even a quite small hill that I had to remove my bike panniers to get over it. This really struck me because this happened even the path was still the hardship one at the moment and I could not imagine what I would do once I entered the uncertain, endless wilderness. Until now I had not met anyone, even the nomadic pastoralists. I remembered there were quite a few of them roaming at the edge of the northern Tibetan plateau last year. All of these indicated it was not the good pasture season in such low temperature and strong winds. Around 16km there was a sheep cote, where I passed it last year, east of Lungmu Co. I was exhausted at this point so that I decided to camp in here and to rest my head. After arranging tent everything I went out to look for the wetland discovered by Duola and Liumeng last year. I was determined to find it.There were many hot springs in the wetland which were underground water with a constant temperature. The wetland therefore became an ideal habitat for some fishes and weeds under such harsh weather, which was the very unique land feature of terrain in this over 5200m highland.Perpetual snow in the valley blown to corn shape by strong windsThis wetland was discovered by Duola and Liumeng. The workers at a nearby mine did not know it and I too missed it last yearUnderground water with a constant temperature, an ideal habitat for some fishes and weeds under such icy weather 感谢大伙儿支持和加分，不一一回复了。特别感谢多啦，希望能有机会一起喝酒吃肉。 Day 2 (April 21), 0km, Camping5192mBlustering gale all night, up and down like ocean waves. The next day rather than continuing to travel, I stayed inside the sheep cote, hesitating and pondering over. Indeed, there were so many problems before this journey;I did not have sufficient physical preparation;the load had already reached its limitation; I still coughed a lot;the weather was so extreme and cold. All in all, I did not think this journey was well prepared and I did not have confidence in completing this journey mentally and physically. To do, or not to do, it was the question. Similarly I did not have confidence in my facilities, not knowing whether all of them would work functionally or not. The fact was one of the rivets got broken again and the front rack came loose. In the afternoon, I replaced all the rivets of the panniers with screws I had prepared before. This was an excellent job I had done which gave me no further troubles throughout my whole journey. I also re-adjusted the front rack. However I did not think it would definitely all right because I did not have a tool to do it. When the darkness descended,I made up my mind to continue my journey, which, of course, was not beyond any imagination. Orchid-like weedsSmall springs everywhere, clear and chillyA thin layer of ice covering the fresh spring water The sheep cote, it was the door under the sleeping bag, which was in the same place as last year, everything looked like yesterdayThe wetland at duskLungmu Co at dusk. You could hear the gigantic sound of wind if the picture had a sound Day 3 (April 22), 52.4km, Camping 5145mGot up in the morning, could not put everything into the bags. Without much choice I had to throw away three portions of tsampa, elbow pads, and crampons. Following the road of the lead-zinicmine I found the side path to enter the wilderness, which was on the riverbed and very hard to see. I missed this side path last year so that I had to take a short cut into the wilderness directly then. That was why I had taken extra care to find the side path. The following journey was to get over a big hill, which lay 5275m above sea level and was the highest point of my whole journey. Around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, I passed the side path leading to Orba Co and started a journey which was complete strange to me. I ate a piece of pilot breads, which was frozen like rocks so that I had to use my spade to crush it. At 6 o'clock in the evening, I had pushed plus rode my bicycle for about 32 km. I reckoned I should have been able to double this if I did no carry such heavy load. The wind became stronger and stronger. I opened the parasail kits and tested it. The result was far beyond what I expected. With the aid of the strong wind I was just like flying over the wilderness. After 8 o'clock in the evening, I started to observe the water Source and to get ready to camp. Map showed there were successive springs along the path and assembled to puddles. But I had overestimated the water source here in this land and in this season there were endless wilderness inside the valley, where I could not see a single drop of water. As it became darker and darker, I felt a little bit nervous which resulted in three spokes of the parasail broken and became a useless rubbish. Anyway, it helped me to move forward 20km more which benefited me a lot later on. When time approached 9.30 pm, it was almost completely dark. I had to lie my bike on the ground and went on to try to find water on the north side of the valley. This was a wide and flat sandy land, where I could not see any ditches there and further was complete darkness. I returned to get my GPS to look up the contours and found the south part of the valley was closer to a hill so I took the way. Finally I found a piece of ice in a ditch. I smashed about 20litre of ice. The ice was quite shallow scattered with sheep poo. On my way back, my eyes were hurt by strong winds, which got me a couple of days to recover. It was nearly 23 o'clock after I set up the tent. It also took about 40 mins to melt the ice. I was so tired and my appetite was completely spoiled. I then had a little bit of milk. I had never expected thing would go like this, it was so distressing. Streams along the path, ice everywhereThe river flew into Matou Hu, in whose north part there was a satellite lake, a wonderful ice-skating court It took 40mins to melt the ice in midnight Day 4 (April 23), 31km, Camping 5028mA cloudy day with gusts. From now and again, hails chased me from behind. Sunny spell. Heavy sandy land made me have to push my bike. At 3pm, I arrived at Luxing Hu, where there was a house made of clay. This was the last permanent building of my journey. Last year, Duola and Liumeng once lived in this house for three days without meeting anybody. It seemed it was the same but the truck parking in front of the house made me worry about. I went to the sheep cote first to check over, where there were only a few lambs following me everywhere I went later on. This made me feel warm in my heart. I observed farther places using my binoculars but could not see any people or sheeps. After making sure there were no people around I opened the locked door using a screwdriver. The living room was very clean. There were two boxes of beverages on the ground and a string of cured lamb legs hanging over in the interior room. A pot of water was on the top of the stove, lukewarm, which indicated the host must be not far away from his home. I filled up my water bag and left the house. I also put the screws back to the door in order not to leave any trace of my visiting. I then took a spanner from the toolbox of the truck, which gave me great help for the rest of the journey.I left the house as quickly as possible. After last year's experience, the nomadic pastoralists were the last people I wanted to meet. A few hundred meters away from the house, the vehicle traces were fading fast. Even downhill, I had to push rather than to ride because of the heavy loose sand. From the route point of view, only after Luxing Hu it was the real unpopulated land. After many days, I thought of the lamb legs from time to time. It was pity that I then had plenty of provisions and the bike was too heavy to carry anything more. Continue to melt the ice under the morning sunshine, all of the sheep poo had been removed carefullyCamping site, the little hill over there was the place where I got the ice last nightThe house by the Luxing Hu, empty, the last permanent building I saw throughout my journeyDay 5 (April 24), 19.8km, Camping 4951mSet off at 10.30 in the morning, the weather was similar to yesterday. Probably this road was the high plain or somewhere the wind passed so that it was so windy. The average wind speed was degree 6 but could reach degree 9 in the blick of an eye. The road was still full of sand and very heavy to walk on it. My eyes became worse under such harsh weather. About three o'clock in the afternoon, I saw something in my right, looked like antenna. I went closer to see what it was and found out it was an iron tower (the triangulation station). In 1970s, a joint team from Chinese three military regiments entered this area doing research. They have left a lot of triangulation stations and benchmarks, which I had the priviledge to see them today.At dusk, I approached to a spring by the Bungdag Co, which flew into the frozon lake. The sand and soil, brought by the strong wind, scattered on the surface of the ice all over the lake. There were so many cracks around the icey surface of the lake. I geussed it must be caused by the springs under the water rather than by melted ice. In the west of the Bungdag Co was the side path leading to Keriya Pass, where a SUV could reach directly. I had looked out any vehicle Tracks but failed. The cloudy sky started to snow. I set up the tent comfortably because I knew that I was safe having such a sweet spring beside me.Triangulation station erected by scientists from the joint research team on Chang Tang of three military regiments in 1971[size=+0]The gap between water and ice in Bungdag Co, I guessed there must be some springs under the lakeThe storm just above the ground, a chaotic darkness[size=+0]Icy Bungdag Co,one of the four biggest lakes in Northern Tibet, wild ducks flying over this vastness and lonenessSnowing at any time, should not happen so frequently like this in this seasonDay 6 (April 25), 4.3km, Camping 5002mWeathering landforms everywhere around this area. Spongy volcanic rocks could be found easily. I pushed my bike turning around a small hill, seeing a big river, the Yinshui He, flowing from Orba Co into Bungdag Co, which I had been to its upstream last year. It was also a passage for animal migration. The downstream of the river was extremely wide and broad. The thickess of the ice layer could reach one meter with the main stem in the middle course of the river, very deep. There were a few springs along the river, sweet and clear.I only went forward a little bit more than 4km but I had walked more than 20km for finding my way. It was not possible to cross the main stem, let alone the north bank of Bungdad Co. What I could only do was to try to find a shallow place to cross. But the southern area was a even larger piece of wetland and forced the road turn towards west. I spent a couple of hours but failed to find a good point to cross the river. In the afternoon, I decided to follow the edge of the wetland. When I reached the hill foot, the wetland finally disappeared. Around this area, there were clearly volcanic feature of terrain and I even found traces of pasturing and cairns made from volcanic rock.Here was the last pasturing trace I found throughout my journey, I guessed it was a summer pasture area. After this, there was no clear sign of human activities in this vast wilderness. I had been looking for my ways until it was dark. I made up my mind where to go TOMOrrow. The terrain here looked like Yardang landforms, as well as volcanic landforms The Yinshui He river from Orba CoSprings scattered all over the river bank, painted green by lovely algaeThe river was very deep. The mixture of green and amber colour showed the sand and mud carried by the melted iceThick layer of ice, sunken surface caused by strong gustsThe south course of the Yinshui He, countless small streams. To the right was the wetlandLooking for ways in the east, a trace of pasturing and the cairn made from spongy volcanic rocksMy camp, opposite to the hillDay 7 (April 26), 11km, Camping 5009mI moved forward to the direction I found yesterday, turning around the wetland and walking toward east. At 2pm, I was blocked by the zigzag Yinshui He again and I had no choice but to cross it. The river was about 700m wide, covered by ice which appeared very different. The hanging ice, the folding ice, the piling-up ice, the icy puddle, and the sleet were everywhere along the river bank. Having noticed all of these, I reckoned the river would be receding at dusk, which was why there were so many different shapes and forms of ice. I put my slipper on, going into the main stream of the river. I found there were at least three different courses of the river, the thickness of the surface ice varied and the river water reached above my knees. I sighed there would be no way back once I crossed this river. There are many ways in one's life too, you can only take it once and you will no long have the courage to repeat it.I pushed the bike crossing the river. Some of the ice was a bit soft, jamming the tyres so that I had to use my feet to break them first. Some of the ice was a bit thick but with half-melted underneath, sticking the the bike completely, some of the ice was half-water half-ice with a sandy riverbed, which was really hard to pass. I had to remove all of the panniers at the last stage of the crossing. I spent the whole four hours to cross the river, my legs got many bloody cuts. At 6pm, the surface ice was almost disappeared completely, the river level rapidly rising to a chaotic status. I thought if I hesitated a little bit at that time, I could not have the courage to cross this river under such circumstances. The river bank was unimaginably sandy and was quite steep. I had to unloaded the panniers again to reach the top of the bank. By the time of sunset, the weather became exceptionally good. The sunlight from the descending sun, the blue sky, the faint moon, .... I liked such a colorful and peaceful Chang Tang and very much enjoyed my camp and myself bathed in such beautiful colour.The ice like this was very thin and suspended, far away from the main stemHard surface with half-melted underneath, the soft sand at the botton was most scaryThe ice like this could easily jam the wheels, hard to get it outI had to unload the panniersChaotic water and terrible hails turned up in no timeThe Chang Tang at the moment liked it used to be,a mixture of cold and warm tones under the golden setting sun Day 8 (April 27), 14.6km, Camping 5112mLast night, I forgot to bring in the odometer, which was out of order due to the coldness in midnight. Since then I used GPS to check the mileage. The digital thermometer was no longer working. I had to use mercury thermometer to collect data. Night temperatures were basically between –15℃—–20℃ while the temperature inside my tent was about –10℃. The advantage of the integrated tent was that it limited the ventilation so to keep warm inside. However, it got clearly disadvantage of heavy condensation and dew. Every morning, there was plenty of frost inside the tent so that I had to put my hood on First Before fully getting dressed. The winds in Chang Tang finally became consistent with the pattern I had researched the other day no or very tiny wind in the morning, strong wind started after 2pm, and then at around 8pm its strength was reduced again. The accuracy of this prediction was about 80%.The road was very bad today. I walked whole afternoon in an ancient riverbed and it was so difficult that I had to use all of my strengths to move a small step forward and then to stop to breath, slower than a snail. After five hours' struggling, my eyes got wet when I saw the grassy river bank. Finally! The nightmare was over.Cold and clear morningHeavy morning condensation in the interior, a lot of frost to clearSuch dawning sunlight indicated a cloudy day ahead Day 9 (April 28), 18km, 5072mIn the morning I entered a range of sandy roads which were so terrible. The solar panel specially designed for GPS got short circuited. After checking it was found to be the diode got damaged. Luckily I got a replacement. Because the GPS was exclusively supplied by a solar panel so that it was no longer a problem for the power supplement of GPS. In a period of 70 days, I did replace the battery once, which saved me a lot of alkaline batteries. I did have another solar panel of 5.4 W which was used specifically for 7.5V Camera, DV and other digital facilities. Unlike water, I had never been short of power.At 7pm in the evening, I arrived at Pur Co. The surface of this lake was very odd the ice by the river bank rose and the river bank was broken, I reckoned that was due to the strong winds. The ice there was mingled with something yellow, could be the stain of alkali. There were many wild yaks on the other side of the lake. There could be two brown bears but I could not be for certain. On the east side of the lake, there was a peninsula leading to the centre of the lake. I camped just opposite to the peninsula. At night , I smashed the ice to get drinking water, which tasted alkali. For the first time I cooked the cereals, which was brought completely by accident. This was just because I found there was a little bit of extra space when I was in Nagri packing the stuff for this journey so that I bought two packs of cereals. It tasted disgusting, probably there was too much alkali in the water. I threw away half of it. Later I realised that probably I subconsciously felt that the provisions was so heavy. I would rather make it lighter at any cost.Dry all my stuff in the morning sun, a routine matterA faint dusk in Pur CoThe river bank pushed up by ice and opened like zipper by gustsThe pushed up surface of the iceThe place where I got my drinking water, a thin layer of ice behind the ablation corns The moment just before sun set, glittering Pur Co, nothing was the same差点儿没找到俺自己的帖子，原来变色了。多谢各位鼓励。 Day 10 (April 29), 16km, Camping 5141mIn the morning, I walked around the north bank of the Pur Co， where it were continuous ups and downs sprinkled with light yellow sprouts across the sparse grassland. The wild yaks clustered into small groups. All of a sudden, there was a group of five of them running towards me, blowing a huge cloud of dust with the power of thunderbolts,I believed that anyone who did not know the characters of the wild yaks must be frightened to death under such circumstances. The fact was the wild yaks in groups never injured people. Rushing to you just to show you its territory. When they approached people at certain distance, they would turn sharply and run away, and then stopped somewhere high to stare at you. You can not imagine that the wild yaks were very cautious animals compared with its almost one ton of weight. Their first reaction, when meeting people, was to raise their tails, the front hooves rubbing against the ground, the horns pointing forward, the eyes redden, and the long body hair shaking, all of which showed their determination to fight.This was the warning sign that you should retreat. However, you should realise that this was only a gesture that they were afraid of you and wanted to scare you away. The thing was that if you were not afraid of them and moved forward, they would run away in no time. There were only some mad yaks attacking people, which was really rare to happen. In Chang Tang, an experienced driver know that it is very dangerous to pass directly from two or three lonely wild yaks. They always tried to avoid confronting them directly. If this was not possible, they would lit a cigarette, smoking, to wait until the yaks walked away themselves. This was because the wild yaks really could attack vehicles, which was not completely rumors. I once asked them why I had not been attacked. They told me that because my bike was so small they would not be bothered to attack it. My own experience was that approaching a wild yak very slowly, do not look into its eyes, and ignored what it was doing. As long as it moved forward a little bit, just stop and give the yaks a little bit of time to think. Because if you forced the yak, it could be themost dangerous animal in the world and nothing could stop them killing. Even a gunshot could not kill it but only left a small hole in its skin. In the past, the nomads living near this land would use yaks' skin as chopping board which was very much endurable. At noon, I lost my balacLAVA, which was brand new and I had never used it once. I could not be bothered to go back tofind it. This resulted in that I had to have my fleece hat day and night in the rest of my journey, which did not provide fully protection from the sun in the plateau. But somehow I was all right, perhaps because my skin is similar to those of yaks, lol. At around half past one, I found a deserted Jeep, upside down. I felt it could be there for years and it could be the vehicle of someillegal HUNTERs. Nowadays, we have wildlife conservation reserves in Chang Tang and the animals here are well protected. However, some people kills the wild yaks to sell them as the domestic yak's meat. In general, it is worth 10,000 Chinese yuans for a single wild yak. Therefore many people take the risk to make money. They often enter the unpopulated areas to hunt and their activities can reach 200 km in diameter. This is why the wild yaks in the deep wilderness are less afraid of people than thoseat the boundaries of the Chang Tang region.There once happened that a wild yak mother revenged its baby's murder in the Altun mountains. Its horns pierced the killer's chest and held his body over its head for more than ten days, which was very touching.Around 3pm, I walked out of the Pur basin. The next point was Hong Shan Daban and then it was the Yueya Hu by the Toze Gangri. At this time I found a vehicle track from south to north. I checked over but could not find the way where they had gone. I took my map, GPS, and compass, climbing up a small hill to estimate the location of Hong Shan Daban. The mountain was very round and it was hard to find the mountain pass. After determining the location of the Daban, I moved straightforward. When I passed a messy grassland, I saw something that I was reluctant to see more than hundreds of wild yaks' head scattered all over, which was definitely the scene of the illegal hunting. After that it was a very long ancient river bed with soft sand slowly rising until the foot of the mountain.There are some spines on the surface of the tongues of wild yaks, which are used by nomads in this area as combs. They use them from their teens to the time when their hair becomes silver.The deserted Jeep, could be left by illegal hunters years agoThe slaughtered wild yaks with the wheel size heads. Some of the skulls were chopped into half. Why was that? Could be taken away for making combs?My camp at the foot of the Daban underthe lingering golden rays of the setting sun. Tomorrow's weather must be wonderful, I reckoned Day 11(April 30)， 20.4km, Camping 5120mThe surface of the road leading to Hong Shan Daban was very hard, most of them were small rocks, sort of gravels, plus a quite long downhill slope, I pushed my bike more than 20km for the first time after Luxing Hu. The mountain pass was quite flat, just like a broad ridge, it was 5256m above the sea level. Upon arriving at the pass, Toze Gangri of 6356m was in my sight clearly, very much round and there was no back bone like normal snow covered mountains. Most of the snow mountains in Chang Tang looked like this probably it was due to the geological movements. There were quite a few chirus or Tibetan antelopes in the valley but I was not interested in this kind of animals anymore after I witnessed a large scale of migration of such animals last year elsewhere.The herbivorous animals here are very quick to reach its original size of the population, such as wild yaks, chirus, Tibetan gazelle, pika, and marmot. When you go into the depths of the Chang Tang, you could hardly be surpised by the sudden appearance of the chirus because they are so common in here. At this time of year, the chirus have already male-female parted. You could see many pregnant female chirus but hardly see any males. According to recent research, Zonag Co is not the only lake for breeding. There are at least four of them in the whole Chang Tang. Zonag Co, Tuzi Hu, Heishi Beihu, and another lake I can not remember. I think there must be more than four of them and most of the populations do not migrant long way like most people used to think. They generally migrant from south to north between Central Mountains and Kunlun Mountains.The chirus looks very timid but are very curious about outside world. They are not really afraid of people, particularly in the depth of the Chang Tang. The nearest distance we can approach is about 30m. They just stare at you calmly and think who you are and why you move so slow. They would run in front of you. Look like they are afraid of you but the fact is they are playing with you. A man's own character shapes his fortune. This is of course suit for animals too. The chirus are the typical one. They have a super speed and a pair of sharp antlers. If they are crazy, three of them work together could easily kill a wolf. But as you might have known, their antlers are just for fighting to mate with females.Down the Daban there was a very steep and straight road, I tried to ride the bicycle but ended up with falling over. The front rack came loose and one of the pannier flew into valley. The foot of the mountain was the Yueya Hu covered by ice, which was alake full of heavy metal elements. Along the lake bank there were many stark rocks very much weathered, lining up just like castles or houses. This made me stop to investigate what they were from time to time, I did understand they were just rocks though but they were so real like the figures of real people. On of them even made me hide in a ditch, observing them again and again using my binoculars. There were also many black volcanic rocks. All in all, the features of this area were really unusual.Passed over the Yueya Hu, it was an endless ancient lake bed. What my GPS showed was this area was a big lake like tentacles. I looked around, it was endless wilderness without a piece of ice and a drop of water. Roughly, I estimated this lake bed was about 1200 square meters. I had to tell you that Chang Tang was a place where there was no high-resolution map. The marks in the map often were some kind of memory. Just like this ancient lake bed under my feet, may be it was full of water a few years ago. Who knows. Pushing the bike in such an endless lake bed was very easy to get lost. My mind was in a chaotic status too.The migration of the animals, photo taken last year The road rising up to the Daban, full of gravels, very hard, ideal for pushing your bikeThe Yueya Hu gazed at by the round and smooth Toze Gangri. At a glimpse, could you tell which was mountain, which was cloud?Ancient lake bed. The white stains were the alkali, look like ice. About wildlife (part 1)Declaration Personal experience for reference onlyDangerous wild animals and their threats to human beings are a ever-LASTING subject for those backpackers travelling in the wild.In Chang Tang, for example, there are two kinds of deadly animals, one is wolves and the other is brawn bears. As substitutes, wild yaks and crows might be dangerous to you in some circumstances that I will come back to this a little bit later on. As for how to protect yourself against these dangerous animals, I think the primary point is you do not try to hurt them because the emotions of human and animals are same instinctively. [Wolves]Throughout my journey, I met wolves a total of seven times, in which I confronted them five times. As you might have known that wolves have become more and more solitary animals, it is very rare they live in a large group nowadays. Please allow me off the point a little bit and talk about the ecological problems in Chang Tang. The problem is now not the decrease of the number of the chirus but the imbalance of the whole food chain, more specifically, the number of the animals on the higher trophic levels of the food chain has not yet reached its ideal level which results in this kind of imbalance. Particularly, the pikas and the marmots who have lost their predators rapidly expanse which results in the desertification of Chang Tang. As early as the middle of last century, wolves were the dominant predators in the vast wilderness. They became a threat not only to other preys but also nomads pasturing in this land. Therefore, the then government called on people to cull back the population of the wolves in Chang Tang, which resulted in the current situation directly. The last official record about wolves attacking humans was around 1970s, which happened in Bamaoqiongzong. A team of secientists was surrounded by a group of wolves and they had to shoot them using guns. Of course, at present in Chang Tang, wolves are absolutely lonely.In this traverse, the first time I encountered a pair of wolves, one of them staying in front of me pretending to attack me while the other staying behind me. This is the standard attacking strategy of wolves. First, you should not be nervous which can be easily detected by the predators. Second, you should not retreat even an inch because this means you are the prey rather than the predator. Do not make any large movement, of course you could take a picture if you feel safe to do so. You must look into its eyes for a few minutes or even half an hour. When the wolves can not work out who you are and consider you are not posing any danger to them, then they will leave. You should remember that wolves in this land do not lack of food and it is much easy for them to catch a pika than a human. Even if being hungry, they would evaluate how easy to get you done, What you need to do is to show them that you are not interested in them and you are not afraid of them at all, let alone to show your ID card to them. As for the wolves family, really, I have not heard for ages. If you really have an encounter with them and they have no other choice, then it definitely depends on your forture. In fact, for so many year, it has been very rare to happen that wolves kill human. But the rumours are still there, in particular, the road connecting Xinjiang and Tibet.The nearest encounter with a wolf throughout my journey, no conflict at all[Brown Bears]Brown bears are real dangerous animals to human. Every year there are some accidents happened in some regions of Xinjiang on the north side of Kunkun Mountains and steppes in Northern Tibet. More than that the bears could attack your house, smash your windows, and eat your sheep. Therefore, in Northern Tibet some local councils give subsidies to the pastorarists for compensating the losses due to the bears because they are not allow to fight back and kill the bears except their lives are in great danger. Once there was a nomad taught me a method to protect yourself from bears. He told me to pick up a stick to feed the bear and the bear thinks the stick is your hand which tastes disgusting. So the bear would leave. It was so funny but the reality is to find a stick in this vast wilderness is just like you win the lottery.Bears are omonivorous animal who are generally not interested in human flesh. You can find that in most of accidents, the bears did not eat any of the human flesh rather they just smashed them for kind of fun that we could not understand. For the reason why bears kill human, one explanation is the conflict between human and wildlife in this extreme ecological environment. The nomads invade the habitats of the bears, which results in these conflicts. On the other hand, it might be because bears have quite high IQ so that they think it is much easy to kill a sheep in the cote rather than to kill a pika in the wild.I have met bears five times in my traverse, in two cases we were very close to each other. I had even walked with one of them for quite a while, just like we had a date for a walk. The fact is it is not that terrible like you might imagine. The same rules for dealing with wolves apply to bears. Never provoke dangerous animals. A bear can run at a speed of 40km/h, do you think you can compete this in a highland 5,000m above sea level?However, there is a situation where it is really dangerous, that is the encounter. It is not easy to control your instinctive reaction to the external dangers. Last year once I turned around a hill, there was a bear just in front of me. The bear of course was frightened by me with its front legs holding up, waving in the air and roaring. At that time I sat on the ground, ignoring it. The bear then left in a few minutes. Chang Tang is a vast land so that this is not that easy to happen. But if it does happen, really only God can bless you.The nearest encounter with a bear throughout my journey. This bear disappeared in a herd of wild yaks, which I had tried hard to spot, really weird About wildlife (part 2)Declaration personal experience for reference only.[Wild Yaks]I have talked about quite a few, like in the post of Day10. I will no longer talk about it.This was the funniest encounter with a solitary wild yak, who did not warn me. If I sat down, it sat down too. If I moved forward, it stopped. Could not imagine what it was thinking about.[Crows]Crows are dangerous only when you fall unconscious in the wilderness. Of course they will be the first to taste your flesh in that case. Unlike their cousinsliving in urban areas, the crows in Chang Tang have a larger body like eagles. When they fly over your head, you could feel like it is a piece of cloud. They are scavengers but like fresh meat too. It once happened that a baby was killed by crows relentlessly, let alone the lambs got killed by them. Once a nomad asked me for fireworks to scare the crows away. (They are sacred birds not to be killed by human)It is easy to defend yourself against crows, that is to keep fighting, never fall in the wilderness.A short break attracted the crows. Of course, they were miscalculating this time, photo taken last year[Strategies Adopted]At the time when I met the four soldiers in Jieshan Daban, they said there were many dangerous animals in the Northern Tibet and asked me if I had brought a shotgun. I think if they knew that I would enter Chang Tang they would definitely check if I really have a shotgun. The so-called defence facilities I brought with me were the fireworks and pepper spray. I had never used them. The fireworks were ruined and thrown away when I crossed a river and I had never opened the pepper spray. I even had never thought about this when camping in the night. The reason was I did not feel the needs. During the day time whenever I met any animals I had never touched the knife I had brought. I did not have anything to defend myself when I walked out to investigate the route. The Chang Tang is really a vast area so as to be very easy to detect anything strange.By the way, you'd better to avoid mating season's animals because even tamed rabbits could be aggressive in mating season.The thing is even if you have a gun, it is not very much helpful when bears attack you. Therefore, your attitude is most important.I can tell you something. Dogs are more dangerous than these wild animals. I had been chased by Tibetan dogs, pounced on by dogs in mating season, also besieged by a group of dogs. I really feel it is more useful to know how to defend a dog.Declaration again The above experience is from Chang Tang only. Of course, the more you prepared, the better. Day 12 (May 1), 23.8km, Camping 5117mToday was May 1 -- the Labour Day, I had been walking in some lake area marked in the map but clearly dried up. The lake basin was flat and hard so that I even pushed my bike more than 20km. Let it be the special treat for my May Day. After midday it became cloudy with growing winds. Since the Yueya Hu that I passed yesterday, there were no big lakes until Yanghu Co (My route would be between Jianshui Hu and Bairab Co), there was even no light alkaline water to drink so I had to pay extra attention not to miss any possible drinking water supply to fill up my water bag. There were a few very small lakes but all were alkaline puddles which was very shallow, whose depth was no more than the length of a half-finger. These puddles were covered with a hard shell of the mixture of salt and ice which smelled stinking and decaying when getting closer, must be toxic water I supposed. On the shore of this type of small lakes it was muddy soil and very hard to get closer.There was no sign of tundra at all.It was almost half past six when I found some snow corns in a ditch, which was the only drinking water supply of the day. There was a thin layer of melted ice on the surface of the ground near the snow corn, which was very hard to collect and was contaminated by the alkali. The snow corn was the yet melted thick snow, which was shaped like a corn by wind. The snow was quite hard and dry,porous like ice. I crushed a few snow corns, putting them into the water bag.They would be my drinking water tonight. These snow corns were the only one in today's wilderness, I reckoned the reason why they were not melted like others was the soil underneath contained large amount of ice blocks which acted as a freezer.Very strong gale in the night, it was hard to bear the sound of the vibration of the tent. Small single tent was good in the sense that it would not be blown away as long as you stayed inside. But you had to be very careful to set up the tent. I once did not pay much attention when doing so, the tent was blown away by winds, and rolling over like a Giant lantern ... I ran after it, got it back, and was exhausted. In general, it is not possible to fix the tent completely using tent pegs because they were not very much effective like large tents. It was snowing around 23 o'clock, the winds were howling from north,then the falling snow flakes landed on my tent quietly, I finally felt at peace and fell asleep. The flat ancient lake basin, assisting me walking more than 20kmSmall lake en route, toxic waterSnow corns, the only drinking water supply today Day 13 (May 2), 0km, Camping 5117mWaking up in the morning and opening the tent, the heavy snow outside must be sent by the God to force me have a break for the May Day. After lying in for a while, getting up and walking on the snowy ground out I went to have a look around. As first sight there were a herd of chirus. They were plainly to be spotted because they looked like a clear black straight line in the while snow. I returned to get my camera and then followed them to take some pictures. But they were very much alert and kept a quite long distance from me. I felt they were a group of pregnant females, instinctively protecting themselves from any potential harm. I was no longer short of water, the snow gave me a precious supply of drinking water. The problem was that they were very petrol consuming. I tool 8.6 litre of petrol and the oil stove was Duola's MSR. The pot was of 1.5 litre, mainly for boiling water. After several days' experiments, I found that the liquid water needed 16mins and 14-15mins to boil in the morning and evening, respectively. For ice, it would take 35-40mins while for snow it took 45-50mins. Melting snow was a very time and petrol consuming process so if I had a choice between snow and light alkaline water, most of time I would go with the latter. Lying inside the tent, listening to musics,I smoked a cigarette while gazing at the more and more chirus around me. Because it was very cold I had been wearing my shoes all the time. Now I just put my bare feet under the warm sun for some fresh air. I found three cuts in my hands and one in my sole. The cuts were about 4cm in length, looked terrible but it was actually all right really. Half of my toes were injured by to much walking, quite painful. I fetched my medicine bag and found I only got four patches of plasters, a serious mistake. One of the cuts in my hand had never been cured until I was out of this desolate land so as to feel like this finger would drop from my hand at any time. The others quickly recovered in a few days then new cuts appeared elsewhere. This process occurred periodically. I felt that it was somewhat related to the cold, dry weather and the lack of vitamins. The snow rapidly disappeared, which is unique phenomenon in Chang Tang. Because of the low air humidity and the high radiation from the sun, the snow was evaporating very fast, much quicker than the melting speed. Owing to this, the ground was generally still dry after the snow disappeared. In most cases, it would be only 2/5 left in the afternoon around 2 to 3 o'clock and small patches of ground could be seen. It would be completely all right for walking the next day. On the third day there could be some snow left in somewhere the sunlight hard to reach. So generally it could give you three days of water supply after a heavy snow like this. One of the pannier was broken, the most expensive one from deuter series, supposed to be waterproof. I will come back to it at some point later. Everything was covered by snow, no way out Lying in the middle of Chang Tang, listening to Tian Zhen's songs, and smoking Baisha cigarettes, what else can you ask for? The pregnant female chirus in migration, probably heading to Heishi Beihu to give birth([]

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